MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'diabetes a1c'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:33:43 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2453047&cid=t_244350_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fdiabetes-makeover-report-a-little-hand-holding-goes-a-long-way.html When Melanie Imhoff submitted her entry to the New Year, New You Diabetes Makeover Contest held here in January, she described herself as a “52-year-old type 2 diabetic that has been overweight for many years.” She was on an insulin pump, but wanted to reduce her required doses, and be healthier overall. As a grandmother, [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2453047 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:00:13 +0100 2453047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2453049&cid=t_244350_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fnewsflash-bayer-releases-new-home-a1c-kit-medtronic-acquires-new-cgm-technology.html Once again, I’ve returned from the gym to discover major diabetes announcements in my inbox. Why do these things invariably hit the wire while I’m off spinning? Anyhoo, two pieces of big diabetes device news today: * Bayer today has announced release of the new and improved A1c Now SelfCheck home testing kit, the technology it acquired [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2453049 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:39:51 +0100 2453049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=620298&cid=t_244350_134_f&fid=35137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdiabetesupdate.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fmisunderstanding-ukpds-7-is-not-good.html The ADA board is full of people with A1c test results over 7% whose doctors tell them they are doing fine. They aren't. The doctors who tell them this are as irresponsible as if they told them not to worry about a "touch of cancer."My guess is that uneducated doctors think an A1c near 7% is "fine" because they've only read the one line summary of the findings of the UKPDS. That "25 words or less" version is that people with Type 2 Diabetes who attained A1cs of 7% reduced the incidence of complications.What this summary statement ignores, is that UKPDS also showed that, while the rate of complications in the population with A1cs of 7% was better than that in the population with A1cs of 9%, people with those 7% A1cs still developed microvascular complications at a very significant rate, an... Diabetes Update blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=620298 Thu, 17 May 2007 13:45:00 +0100 620298 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=586129&cid=t_244350_134_f&fid=35161&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsarainwestpalm.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Frandom-diabetes-related-update.html If you are looking for a non-diabetes related post - may I recommend this one (serious) or perhaps this one (funny - I hope). I really thought the first one would inspire more comments than it did - I guess we just aren't as fired up about that as we used to be.I recently finished reading Cheating Destiny by James Hirsch. It is part autobiography, part diabetes history, part social exposition, part call to action. I LOVED it. I actually recently participated in a chat with him that I found out about here. I actually finished the book the day before the chat so it was great timing. He seemed very nice and I highly recommend his book to anyone who wants to know more about diabetes. I guess you could buy it on Amazon - I did :).It is well documented that I am a perfectionist. I have recently ... Sara in West Palm blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=586129 Wed, 02 May 2007 00:44:00 +0100 586129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=491078&cid=t_244350_134_f&fid=35161&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsarainwestpalm.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fupdate-on-run.html I am headed off to the gym but wanted to get off a quick update before I go.I went to the endocrinologist today. Got my lab work back - everything looks good and my A1C was 6.8. I think it is pretty good but I am a perfectionist so I would like to be in the lower 6's.I showed her my logbook from Kevin and she was very impressed with the layout.I have been having a lot of early morning lows, and while I usually adjust my basals myself I thought that since I had an appointment coming up I would talk to her about it. I figured we would lower my dawn phenomenon basal rate, but she lowered my 3 PM - 3 AM rate (I exercise in the evening) instead. I will give her idea a shot but I think that I will be lowering my dawn rate in a week or so as well.After reading Bernard's blog I also asked her abou... Sara in West Palm blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=491078 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:38:00 +0100 491078